Word: oak
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Five days later the Admiralty reported that the submarine Ursula had sneaked into the mouth of the Elbe, past six German destroyers, and sunk a 6,000-ton cruiser. Since such a ship would normally carry 571 men, this feat almost made up for the loss of Royal Oak, certainly put Britain far ahead in the naval score for the week...
...others, all indicted by Germany: loss of the battleship Royal Oak (786 men), the aircraft carrier Courageous (579 men), the armed merchantman Rawalpindi...
...Oak Park...
...When the first torpedo struck, most of Royal Oak's officers & men scurried to battle stations beneath the ship's armor, thinking a plane must be bombing; a submarine attack was unthinkable...
...talkingest of them all was Britain's First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill, who, having given a full explanation of how Royal Oak came its cropper (see p. 20), held a pep session on BBC. It contained easily the week's liveliest name-calling...